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forgotmylogin

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1. Doctors couldn't figure out what's going on?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 03:53 AM

Apr 2018

The man's body was reacting to an irritant that approaches the level of poison. I thought read somewhere that genetically those hot peppers evolved to prevent the fruits from being eaten extensively - animals learn to leave them alone, or will only carry them a short distance and then nibble and drop them instead of swallowing the seeds.

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Doctors couldn't figure out what's going on? forgotmylogin Apr 2018 #1

humans obviously are stupider than animals. pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #2

Competitive eating is a disgusting thing on a lot of levels. marble falls Apr 2018 #3

I certainly hope it wasn't a competetive "who can eat the most of these..." thing. forgotmylogin Apr 2018 #4